As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
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